Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-10-13
Grant County Nerald
How TO Live Long.

Inc aDoVe neduln2 IN mucn Valueu
exchange strikes US as exactly the
thing we all want to know. Let us see
what the sanitary editor of the Indepen-
dent can tell us about it:
1.-The desire for long life seems to
be a part of the instinct of humanity.
Sometimes it does not seem to be at
all modified by the prospect of continu-
GUS and severe suffering. But in the
desire of a long life we surely should
include the desire for healthy life
The question of how to live in a phys
ical sense, therefore becomes subject
for careful study. 1t is all the more
important because the conditions
change with the change of age. 1t will
not do to apply the methods of infancy
or of early life to middle life and old
age.
The great inclination OF youth is to
exercise. The free use of the body up
to the extent of Its powers is not only
the means of acquiring more power
but retaining what we have. So we
are to insist upon it that all through
the growing period of life the law of
activity prevails. There is no substi-
tute for it. This tends to proloug the
period of growth Some have con-
tended that the longer this period can
be made the more likely is long life to
be secured. Animals that live long
| are generally slowest in reaching their
fullest perfection. Food at the early
periods needs to have special reference
to construction. Hence it is that milk
and eggs and all the various foods are
re!shed in quantities. In childhood
the healty appetite accepts all of the
various forms of food. There is growth
energy and much constructive force,
and so all of the food elements are
needed. Later on, the person, if wise,
comes to study food and exercise with
reference to the kind of exertion that
is to be put forth.
1.-The indoor life, even If it be one
of toll, must not be dealt with as is the
outdoor life. Sedentary callings must
have some relief by exercise in the open
air if the same food supply is used.
now is the time too to study the tenden-
cy of the system. Ii it's to leanness on
one hand, or plethora on the other, the
fact should govern the diet. There are
some senses in which the adage is true
that man is either fool or his own
doctor at forty. BY this time he has
come to appreciate some laws of bis
own constitution, and to have some ex-
perience as to his tendencies, If I'M
der good self control, he will heed
these lessons, Not unlikely he will
need to consult, now and then, the stu
dent of disease. but he does it to obtain
his opinion on the basis of his own ex-
perience. He takes him into coEsulta-
ton over his life, in order tina. he may
be helped in deductions therefrom. The
law of pliability or adjustment must be
studied and practiced by himself,
"Most of those who die between TWEEN
ty-five and sixty unless they die by ac-
cident, die by some indiscretion. IL is
the over indulgence of appetite, or the
neglect of food when needed, or the
overstrain of business, or exposure to
change of temperture without cores
ponding change of clothing. Most peo-
pie of these ages are conscious of the
error after it has been made, or others
are conscious of it for them. Without
undue captiousness we can note
changed conditions and adapt ourselves
thereto. Multitudes die prematureiy
by reason of an indlscretion which
might have been easily avoided. 1t is
intelligent caution that saves sickness,
and this caution ought to be in posses
sion and exercise before middle life. 1t
is SO much easier to prevent serious
sickness than it is to secure recovery
from it. Hence it is that so many that
are deficient in vigor in early life outlive
the vigorous and the careless. Neces-
sity compels them to study their chang
ing conditions of health, and so teaches
them the benefits of adaptiveness to
conditions and circumstances.
after middle life is is always to be
recognized that a process of degenera
ton has begun. The tissues are less
flexible and less easily nourished. Or
gans have not the activity of youth.
Some of them have become more or less
impaired The safety is in recognizing
the fact and treating them accordingly
1t is wonderful how the system often
bears up under the partial disability OF
an organ or part if there is adaptation
to its weakness, and some compensa-
ton therefor. In state of inability
each organ tends to give to some other
helping hand. They will be workers
for each other if only we are co-work-
ers. The enlarged heart freed from ex
elements and fatigue lasts q score of
years The weak stomach accepts the
substituted digestion of the rest of the
digestive tract or the outside digestion
which chemistry offers. Even old age
tends to last. The natural degeneration
of tissues or vesles is too often hurried
forward by spells of undue exertion or
by too constant repose, while good food
is needed and more frequently than in
middle life, there is often error in the
over-use of concentrated foods. There |
must be adaptation to our more retired |
and quiet life. 1t is thus that feebleness
is not always the necessity of age. The
equable life makes an old person COM
fort to himself and an example of healt h.
full prudence to his friends
I. v Powderly is 3 man who should |
and does command the respect of the |
American people of all parties. His
utterances are full of wisdom. The |
following is sample. He says:
'Let me elect the Assessor aud l care |
not who elects the President" If the |
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